Henry Ignatius Dudley Ryder
Henry Ignatius Dudley Ryder (3 January 1837 – 7 October 1907,
Life
Ryder's lifelong connection with
After Newman's death he was elected superior of the Birmingham Oratory and held this office till his health gave way. He was the last survivor of "my dearest brothers of this House, the Priests of the Birmingham Oratory" to whom Newman dedicated his Apologia Pro Vita Sua. His grave is with theirs and Newman's at Rednal, a small country house belonging to the Birmingham Oratory, about seven miles from Birmingham.
His life was uneventful. He cared little for notoriety or even fame. Once only did he push himself forward. This was in 1867-8, when he attacked
Works
Apart from a number of articles in American and English magazines, he published:
- "Idealism in Theology, a Review of Dr. Ward's scheme of Dogmatic Authority" (London, 1867);
- "A letter to W. G. Ward on his theory of Infallible Instruction" (London, 1868);
- "Postscriptum to Letter, etc." (London, 1868);
- "A critique upon Mr. Foulkes' Letter" (London, 1869);
- "Catholic Controversy", a reply to Littledale's "Plain Reasons" (London, 1880);
- "Poems Original and Translated" (Dublin, 1882).
There is besides "Essays of the Rev. H. I. D. Ryder, edited by Francis Bacchus" (London, 1911).
Family
He was the eldest son of
References
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 50. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1912). "Henry Ignatius Dudley Ryder". Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company. The entry cites:
- Wilfrid Ward, Father Ignatius Ryder in the Dublin Review (January, 1898), republished in Ward, Ten Personal Studies (London, 1908);
- Chapman, Dr. Ryder's Essays, in the Dublin Review (April, 1911).